Honours Silver medal at 2000 world championships; silver at 2004 European championships; bronze at 2006 junior world championships

"My goal is to go to the Olympics and perform my best on the day and if I do everything necessary, I feel I will be Olympic champion. The goal is gold, without a doubt. I'm training not to be a medal winner but to be Olympic champion. It'll be nothing but good for me when 2012 comes round. I don't need any inspiration or motivation to train for an Olympic Games being held on my doorstep. It's not going to happen again in my lifetime, let alone my career."